Berthier County Explained

Berthier County was a municipal county of Quebec which existed between 1855^[1] and 1 January 1982.^[2]

The territory it covered today is included in the administrative region of Lanaudière and is part of the current regional county municipalities (RMCs) of d'Autray and Matawinie. Its seat was the municipality of Berthierville.

Municipalities in the County

• Berthierville (created in 1852 under the name of Berthier, renamed Berthierville in 1942^[3]
• Lanoraie-D'Autray (detached from Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie in 1948, together again with it in 2000 to form Lanoraie^[4]
• Lavaltrie (detached from Saint-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie in 1926^[5]
• La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas (created in 1855 under the name L'Isle du Pads; renamed La Visitation-de-la-Sainte-Vierge-de-l'Isle-du-Pads in 1969, renamed La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas in 1981^[6]
• Saint-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie (established in 1855 merged in Lavaltrie in 2001)
• St. Barthelémi (established in 1855 renamed St. Bartholomew in 1983^[7])
• Saint-Cuthbert (created in 1855^[8])
• Saint-Damien (detached from Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon 1870^[9])
• Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier (created in 1855^[10])
• St. Gabriel (detached from the Parish Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon in 1892 under the name of Village Municipality of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, renamed Saint-Gabriel in 1967^[11])
• Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (created in 1855)
• St. Ignatius of Loyola (detached from Isle du Pads in 1897^[12])
• Saint-Joseph-de-Lanoraie (created in 1855 together with Lanoraie-D'Autray in 2000 to form Lanoraie)
• Saint-Michel-des-Saints (established in 1885^[13])
• St. Norbert (established in 1855^[14])
• St. Viator (detached St. Cuthbert in 1912 merged back to it in 1998)
• St. Zeno (established in 1895^[15])

Formation

Berthier County included during its formation parishes and institutions in St. Ignace Island, the Island Pads, Berthier, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie, St. Norbert, St. Cuthbert, St. Bartholomew, St. Gabriel and the Township of Brandon.^[16]

See also

• List of municipalities in Quebec
• Berthier, provincial electoral district Quebec;
• Berthier old federal electoral district Quebec;

References

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Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=8JASAAAAIAAJ Acte des municipalités et des chemins de 1855
2. Web site: Répertoire des municipalités du Québec . 17 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140318121903/http://www.mamrot.gouv.qc.ca/repertoire-des-municipalites/fiche/mrc/520/ . 2014-03-18 . dead .
3. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=5375 Banque de noms de lieux du Québec, entrée Berthierville
4. http://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Lanoraie_%28municipalit%C3%A9%29 La Mémoire du Québec, entrée Lanoraie (municipalité)
5. http://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Lavaltrie_%28municipalit%C3%A9_de_ville%29 La Mémoire du Québec, entrée Lavaltrie (municipalité de ville)
6. http://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=1151 La Visitation-de-l'Île-Dupas
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20150721153326/http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche aspx? no_seq = 98350 Bank Quebec place names, input St. Bartholomew
8. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=341184 Bank names places of Quebec input Saint-Cuthbert
9. http://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Saint-Damien_%28municipalit%C3%A9_de_paroisse%29 The Quebec memory, input Saint-Damien (parish municipality)
10. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=56185 place names Bank Quebec entry 'Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier' '
11. http://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon_%28municipalit%C3%A9_de_paroisse%29 The Quebec memory, input Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (parish municipality)
12. http://www.mairesduquebec.com/mairesduquebec/munic.php?id=1152 Saint-Ignace-de -Loyola
13. http://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Saint-Michel-des-Saints_%28municipalit%C3%A9%29 The Quebec memory, input Saint-Michel-des-Saints (municipality)
14. http://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Saint-Norbert_%28municipalit%C3%A9_de_paroisse%29 Memory Quebec input St. Norbert (parish municipality)
15. http://memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Saint-Z%C3%A9non_%28municipalit%C3%A9_de_paroisse%29 The Quebec memory, input St. Zeno (parish municipality)
16. https://books.google.com/books?id=8JASAAAAIAAJ Act municipalities and paths Act of 1855 and parliamentary representation 1853